The Italian Army 1940-45 (1) - Europe 1940-43

Informationen zum Autor Philip Jowett was born in Leeds in 1961 and has been interested in military history for as long as he can remember. His first Osprey book was the ground-breaking Men-at-Arms 306, Chinese Civil War Armies 1911–49 , and since then he has published numerous other titles for Osprey including MAA 414, The Russo-Japanese War 1904–05 , MAA 532, Japan's Asian Allies 1941–45 and NVG 19, Armour in China 1920–1950 . He lives in North Lincolnshire, UK. Klappentext At its peak the Italian Army contributed 2.5 million troops to the Axis war effort. English-speaking readers tend to think of this army in terms of the North African campaign; but far more Italian troops served in other theatres. They invaded, and later bore the major burden of occupying, the Balkan countries; and Italy sent 250,000 troops to fight on the Russian Front. In this, the first of a three-part study, Philip Jowett covers the European theatre including Russia from 1940 to Italy's armistice with the Allies in 1943. Many interesting uniforms, a number of them new to most readers, are meticulously illustrated by Stephen Andrew. Zusammenfassung The Italian Army fought on every major front of the European and North African theatres. They fielded a variety of colourfully-uniformed units, particularly against the partisans in the Balkans. In this volume, the author dispels a number of myths about the supposedly inferior Italian troops. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction · The Albanian adventure · French farce · Greece and Yugoslavia · The Partisan war · the war in Russia · Invasion and revolution · Bibliography · The Plates

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Andrew, Philip Jowett, Philip S. Jowett
• Assisted by: Stephen Andrew (Illustration), Andrew Stephen (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781855328648
• ISBN: 978-1-85532-864-8
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 244 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Men-at-Arms; Men-at-Arms; Men-At-Arms (Osprey)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, Warfare & defence, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Battles & campaigns, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Land forces & warfare, Battles and campaigns, Land forces and warfare, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater, HISTORY / Military / Land Forces